Then glue a colored sheet of light-weight paper to the back of the cardstock. I used my fancy Xyron machine and some cheap Astrobright paper from Office Max. You could also use spray adhesive to glue the colored paper to the white cardstock. Or better yet, find cardstock that's already two colors.

Next, cut along the printed lines with a sharp craft knife, slicing all the way through both sheets of paper. Try to keep to the outside of the triangles so any printed lines will be hidden when the flaps are folded down.

Then cut out the card.

Fold the pointed flaps down to form the tree and fold the card in half.

If you write inside the card, your message will show through the holes in the front. So if you like, add a second sheet of colored paper to write your message inside.

Cut matching paper to 8.5" x 5.5", fold it in half, and use a strip of double stick tape to secure it to the inside back panel of the card.

If the triangles won't stay flat enough for your liking, lay a heavy book on the card for a little while to press the flaps open.

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Part of a project I'm trying to get on my blog for weeks: Old pictures in new frames. The frames are finished but the pictures are still just pinned on the wall. maybe you gave me the kick now to finish it. It's so great how differnt cutted and folded paper looks like.

How fun is that!! I am thinking about other patterns one might could do!! Semi circles on trees or ornaments, squiggles and drop the tops down... Oh ya too cool! thanks fot the great idea You go girl!!

I made a few of these and they turned out so great! I found paper that was light green on one side, and darker olive green on the other.After the triangles were folded down, I put a little glue on each of the tips and put clear chunky glitter on it, like snow on the tree branch ends. Thank you for a great idea!

Love it! What would you suggest for those of us without the wonderful Xyron machine (serious envy!) and would rather not use spray adhesive? At my old job we had to get the Material Safety Data Sheets for everything we used (an OSHA thing) - spray adhesive, rubber cement and bestine were extremely scary. Based on the information sheets we got rid of those products but I don't remember what we used instead except getting hospital masks to wear when using spray adhesive outside.

I love this card! I make my cards every year and just found this today (Jan 11). Maybe I have time to make them for next Christmas. LOL Do you have a shortcut for making a lot of these cards? I send out 60+ cards every year.

As for how to make these cards more quickly, reduce the number of triangles. Enlarge the new triangles so they will fill in the original space. You'll crank out cards more quickly. The new one Won't be as good as the original, but will still be impressive.